Today was my first Saturday off work in at least 2 1/2 months. It was a great day! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job, and enjoy working, but it was nice to spend the day at home with Jordan and Carter. I feel accomplished today! I got a lot of picking up around the house done, cleaned, ran a few errands, went to church. It's just so nice to see my life becoming more organized and together, because that has been a goal of mine for a while.
Just for fun, and because I like to see my list crossed off, here is what I did today. :)
- Picked up produce at Washington produce (everything is SO yummy!)
- Went to Joann's and special ordered a cricut cartridge on sale
- Went to the grocery store for a few random necessities
- Washed, cut, and prepared all the produce we bought today
- Cleaned the guest bathroom
- Dishes done
- Kitchen cleaned
- Bottles washed, dried and put away - ALL of them (doesn't happen too often)
- Made cinnamon raisin bread
- Swept and mopped floors
- 2 loads of laundry
- Washed and cleaned out my car (its been MONTHS!!!)
- Went to church
I think thats all! It was a productive day!
January 17, 2009
January 16, 2009
Hugs for strangers
Carter and I went on a little walk to our associate park today. We go most days of the week, around 4:30 when Jordan is just about to get home. By then, we are usually both going stir crazy, and are ready for Daddy to be home...plus Carter LOVES to see Daddy pull up in his work van, he screams "dada, dada" and runs towards his van. Yes, I am teaching him not to run at cars, but for now, its still cute! :) Today I took my cameara with me, and was trying to get a few cute pics of him playing, but we got kinda sidetracked. :)
Anyways, as we were running around in the grass, there was a little girl playing a ways away from us. She started wandering our way, and she caught Carter's attention. It didn't take long before he was running towards her. Curious to see what he was going to do, I stayed a few steps behind him and watched. He runs right up to her, and puts his arms around her legs and hugs her. He looks up at her with the sweetest look and just held on. It was sweet, but he is so strange. He doesn't even do that to me! Or maybe I don't notice it because after he clings to my leg for a while, I pick him up, I don't know.
Anyways, here is the rundown of the conversation between me and the little girl.
Me: Hi!
Her: Smiles, waves, and says hi.
Me: This is Carter, what is your name?
Her: Miranda (as Carter is already attached to her legs)
Me: What are you doing?
Her: Throwing my sweatshirt in the air and catching it. (oh, to be 5 again)
Me: How old are you?
Her: 5
Me: Carter is being pretty friendly, is he bothering you?
Her: Ummm, kinda
So I pull Carter away and tell her we will go play on the other side of the park so she can play alone. This lasts about a minute before she starts hopping on one leg towards us with a big smile on her face. Carter begins running towards her again, and latches right back into another hug.
Me: He sure likes you, do you have any brothers or sisters?
Miranda: Yep, I have a little sister who is 8 months, and an older brother
Me: Thats cool, Carter is 14 months. Pretty soon your little sister will be chasing you around and giving you hugs like he is!
Miranda: Wait, I thought you could only go up to 12 months old?
Then Jordan pulled in the gate, Carter looked up and starting running and shrieking "DADA." We waved by to Miranda, and followed Jordan back to the house. :)
hahaha I don't know why, but our conversation just amused me. It probably isn't all that interesting to anyone else.....but I just love the simplicity of a 5 year old. I did manage to get one picture of Carter kinda releasing his hug, but its not that great.
Anyways, as we were running around in the grass, there was a little girl playing a ways away from us. She started wandering our way, and she caught Carter's attention. It didn't take long before he was running towards her. Curious to see what he was going to do, I stayed a few steps behind him and watched. He runs right up to her, and puts his arms around her legs and hugs her. He looks up at her with the sweetest look and just held on. It was sweet, but he is so strange. He doesn't even do that to me! Or maybe I don't notice it because after he clings to my leg for a while, I pick him up, I don't know.
Anyways, here is the rundown of the conversation between me and the little girl.
Me: Hi!
Her: Smiles, waves, and says hi.
Me: This is Carter, what is your name?
Her: Miranda (as Carter is already attached to her legs)
Me: What are you doing?
Her: Throwing my sweatshirt in the air and catching it. (oh, to be 5 again)
Me: How old are you?
Her: 5
Me: Carter is being pretty friendly, is he bothering you?
Her: Ummm, kinda
So I pull Carter away and tell her we will go play on the other side of the park so she can play alone. This lasts about a minute before she starts hopping on one leg towards us with a big smile on her face. Carter begins running towards her again, and latches right back into another hug.
Me: He sure likes you, do you have any brothers or sisters?
Miranda: Yep, I have a little sister who is 8 months, and an older brother
Me: Thats cool, Carter is 14 months. Pretty soon your little sister will be chasing you around and giving you hugs like he is!
Miranda: Wait, I thought you could only go up to 12 months old?
Then Jordan pulled in the gate, Carter looked up and starting running and shrieking "DADA." We waved by to Miranda, and followed Jordan back to the house. :)
hahaha I don't know why, but our conversation just amused me. It probably isn't all that interesting to anyone else.....but I just love the simplicity of a 5 year old. I did manage to get one picture of Carter kinda releasing his hug, but its not that great.
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